Íñigo Cuesta
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro |
| Date of birth | June 2, 1969 (age 37) |
| Country |  Spain |
| Height | 1.76 m |
| Weight | 62 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team CSC |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Domestique |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1994-1995 1996-2000 2001-2004 2005 2006- |
Euskadi ONCE Cofidis Saunier Duval-Prodir Team CSC |
| Major wins | |
| Vuelta al País Vasco (1998) | |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 1, 2007 | |
Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro (born 2 June 1969) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was born in the Spanish town Villarcayo in Burgos. Cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the Basque Euskadi team. Here his results included a second place in 1995 Vuelta a Asturia, and in 1996 he signed a contract with Spanish team ONCE. Cuesta would have to wait until 1998 before he won his first race, the overall victory in the stage race Vuelta al País Vasco. In securing the stage race win, he proved his talent as both a climber and time trialist, though not on the level of the Grand Tours.
Even though he won a second triumph, a stage in the 2000 Dauphiné Libéré, he didn't get his contract renewed. Instead he signed with Cofidis, after his initial new employer, Linda McCartney Racing team, went bankrupt before the season started. His four years at Cofidis didn't provide Cuesta with any more wins, his biggest result a 13th place in the 2001 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he changed to Saunier Duval, where he won stage 5 in Volta a Catalunya, during the early ProTour season. Though he still had one year remaining of his contract, Íñigo Cuesta changed to Team CSC before the 2006 season. Here he is to assist team captain Carlos Sastre in the Vuelta a España.
[edit] Career highlights
- 1997
- 70th Overall, 1997 Tour de France
- 1998
- Overall, Vuelta al País Vasco
- 2000
- Stage 6, Dauphiné Libéré
- 2001
- 63rd Overall, 2001 Tour de France
- 2002
- 49th Overall, 2002 Tour de France
- 2003
- 127th Overall, 2003 Tour de France
- 2005
- Stage 5, Volta a Catalunya
- Mountains Competition, Volta a Catalunya
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| Riders on Team CSC |
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Kurt Asle Arvesen | Lars Bak | Michael Blaudzun | Matti Breschel | Fabian Cancellara | Íñigo Cuesta | Matthew Goss | Juan José Haedo | Volodymyr Hustov | Allan Johansen | Bobby Julich | Kasper Klostergaard | Alexandr Kolobnev | Karsten Kroon | Marcus Ljungqvist | Anders Lund | Lars Michaelsen | Stuart O'Grady | Martin Pedersen | Luke Roberts | Carlos Sastre | Andy Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Chris Anker Sørensen | Nicki Sørensen | Christian Vandevelde | Jens Voigt | David Zabriskie |
| Manager |
| Bjarne Riis |
